Emily’s Video compiles viewers’ reactions while watching a mysterious, apparently horrible, video. The viewers represent a random selection of volunteers who replied to 0100101110101101.org online call. Participants were visited in their homes by a girl named Emily (hence the title) who would show them the video and record their reactions with a webcam. The artists later destroyed the original video, which had been sourced from the “Darknet”, and created a video with the reactions edited in sequence.

Commissioned by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde (Danemark)
Family Servais Collection

Since their meeting in 1994, Eva et Franco Mattes known internationally as 0100101110101101.org, form a couple of Italian activist artists, pioneers of Net Art and second life creation. Their Synthetic Performances virtually reconstruct histori- cal performances of Joseph Beuys, Marina Abramovic & Ulay and Gilbert & George. Engaged in Media subversion, this couple, now based in Brooklyn, seeks through their work, to reveal the hidden truths of contemporary society. They manipulate or practice the aesthetics of video games, as well as net- work technologies, video or intervention in public space. This work is geared especially to denounce the commercial influence of advertising.